>From 5234793b42fcdb0dfa345a96903b0d5439d35942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bex Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 14:05:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'make check' description --- README | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 730ef4c..27f1c47 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -131,7 +131,23 @@ It designates the directory where the files are installed into. - 2.4. Optional features + 2.4. Verifying your installation is correct + + You can check whether Chicken is functioning correctly by + running + + make PLATFORM= PREFIX= check + + This will run the test scripts, which show a lot of output. + The only thing that matters is the exit status at the end. + If it exits with status 0, everything is fine, if it exits + with a nonzero status, the failing test's output should be + the final lines before Make's "error; exit" output. If the + check fails on unmodified sources, please file a bugreport. + + Currently "make check" only works if you have installed Chicken. + + 2.5. Optional features You can further enable various optional features by adding one or more of the following variables to the "make" @@ -225,7 +241,7 @@ Be warned that this is a highly experimental option and profiling doesn't work for every component of Chicken. - 2.5. Uninstalling Chicken + 2.6. Uninstalling Chicken To remove CHICKEN from your file-system, enter (probably as root): @@ -235,7 +251,7 @@ (If you gave DESTDIR during installation, you have to pass the same setting to "make" when uninstalling) - 2.6. What gets installed + 2.7. What gets installed These files will be installed under the prefix given during build and installation: -- 1.7.9.1